visit to the mound ??

[grozzly]

Had this case yesterday. DC made a first visit to the mound. Later in the inning, DC asks for a time, gets out of the dugout, calling his shortstop (for me, he wanted to invert SS/pitcher). As he approaches the foul line, he reminds he made a first visit, and stops before crossing the line. And finally, he made no changes...OC: "Hey blue, this is a visit to the mound !! ". Me: "no coach, a visit to the mound is on the mound, and DC did not talk to his pitcher". 

At worst, this is a "defensive visit", but not a mound visit, no ? 

[noumpere]

Depending on the code, there's not really a difference between a "defensive visit" and a "mound visit."  In "pure" OBR, if, after one visit, the pitcher is changed even without a visit to the mound, then the pitcher is done for the day (it counts as the second visit).

 

Maybe that's why the coach stopped -- he wanted to keep his pitcher available for later.

[ElkOil]

In FED, it's referred to as a "defensive conference."  So any time the coach calls time and talks with his players, it's a charged DC.